Emily Brown Out of USA 10 Mile

Emily Brown, who was scheduled to compete in Sunday's USA Women's 10 Mile Championship, held in conjunction with the Medtronic TC 10 Mile, has withdrawn from the event, according to Twin Cities Marathon officials.

The former Golden Gopher star had a recurrence in August of the back problem that dashed her Olympic Trials ambitions, according to Team USA Minnesota president Pat Goodwin. Brown, who is running again now, has decided to train through the fall without racing to best prepare for the 2009 season.

Also scratched from the field late last week were Melissa White of Royal Oak, Michigan, who finished 6th at the New Haven 25K earlier this month and former TCM women's champion Nicole Aish of Gunnison, Colorado, who was a late entrant into the event.

The much-anticipated clash between the ING NYC Marathon-bound stars Kara Goucher and Katie McGregor, the favorites in the race, is still still on tap.

Your Editor ... will be providing play-by-play of Sunday's USA Women's 10 Mile from the race's lead vehicle. You can hear my call of the race -- as well as updates from USA Track and Field's Glenn Latimer and Olympian Carrie Tollefson, who will be covering the men's and women's marathons, respectively -- from the TCM finish-line in St. Paul